2024 Mat Town II Open, Jan 28th

[1/2NELSON]

>>>> jdalu75 states.."The point to him entering was to get his bout totals up with just one weigh-in."

Believe your onto somethin' pal,..makes sense, but initially I was thinkin' WHY enter such a meaningless tourney and jeopardize your ranking, or more importantly,.. risk injury!

[lu_alum]

I am sure there were others, but the first HSer I remember in an open was Kolat. I think Midland gave him a special invite his sophomore year. Did he finish 3rd? Skip forward to Marsteller. He Entered a college open, I think in 8th or 9th Grade. Then NCAA said, no more HSers forever(or about 5 years).

Jimmy Carr was the first HS entry to the Midlands.
https://nwhof.org/national-wrestling-ha ... e/bio/7197

"He biggest title came in 1973 when he became the first high school wrestler to win the prestigious Midlands Tournament, defeating NCAA champion Mark Massery of Northwestern 11-7 and being named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament."

[Richb-3]

Jimmy Carr is a bit of conundrum. He was not eligible in PA for 1973-1974, obviously not a problem in Kentucky a state its main college in the SEC. Not sure if it was age, more likely years in HS.

In any case JC was 18 yrs, 11 months old. Probably younger guys have one it since. Maybe Stanich

Nothing against him though. Wrestling for Fletcher and Joe was likely a mistake